But, it was probably enough for Lynch to avoid a $100,000 fine for a lack of cooperation with the media.

"I like to keep it low key," said Lynch, who spoke with reporters for all of 6 minutes, 28 seconds of the 60-minute event.

Lynch carved out a few minutes for Deion Sanders of the NFL Network, the Seahawks' website reporter and a group of U.S. servicemen. Lynch was all but finished speaking almost as soon as he began. He talked softly, which is to say he was difficult to hear through the pack of reporters swarming him.

Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch rests his vocal cords after a short news conference. (Matt Slocum, The Associated Press)

The plan was for Seahawks fullback Michael Robinson to lead interference for Lynch, who squirmed out of a $50,000 fine this season for what the NFL felt was a lack of cooperation with the media.

"You guys ask the questions, he answers to me and then I buffer it out and get all the noise out and give you the answer," Robinson said. "But he decided he had some things he wanted to say, so I didn't have to."

The brief interview with Sanders revealed a conflicted Lynch.

"I'm just about that action, boss," Lynch told Sanders. "I ain't never saw no talk win games. I've been like that since I was little. I was raised like that. It's time to go get it. There's no need to talk about it."

Lynch autographed a couple of footballs for fans who outflanked the media from the upper deck. He obliged a radio guy with a "What's up, Seattle?" He nodded yes when another reporter asked if he still speaks with Fred Jackson, the veteran starter when Lynch was a rookie with the Buffalo Bills. And Lynch responded "I don't know" when asked if he'd be fined for his lack of cooperation during the interview process.

The act didn't go over well with reporters who hung in while Lynch, within conversational range, stared or looked away when queried.

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